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Speech Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker’s point of view is what type of listening?

a)

active

b)

appreciative

c)

comprehensive

d)

critical

2.

When listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it, what type of listening is occurring?

a)

active

b)

appreciative

c)

comprehensive

d)

critical

3.

Empathetic listening is defined as . . .

a)

listening to provide emotional support for a speaker

b)

listening to understand the message of a speaker

c)

listening for pleasure or enjoyment

d)

none of these options

4.

Select all that apply. What are examples of "channel"?

a)

face-to-face presentation

b)

radio

c)

television

d)

visual

e)

Common Lit.

5.

Skilled speakers show respect for the culture of the people whom they address, regardless if it aligns with their own beliefs. Which of the following terms refers to a speaker that does not make such considerations?

a)

ethics

b)

ethical decisions

c)

ethnocentrism

d)

empathetic

6.

Which of the following terms provides an example for how a listener can effectively take notes on the speaker's main ideas of their message?

a)

frame of reference

b)

key-word outline

c)

listening

d)

situation

7.

Select all that apply. Which of the following are a type of plagiarism?

a)

global

b)

incremental

c)

interference

d)

patchwork

e)

ethical

8.

Morals, a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do, is synonymous with which vocab. term?

a)

ethics

b)

ethnocentrism

c)

frame of reference

d)

name calling

9.

Which communication process term describes a disruption that may be internal, or external?

a)

interference

b)

listening

c)

message

d)

situation

10.

Which of the following is an example of "situation" as it refers to the communication process?

a)

The civil rights movement in the 1960s

b)

Face-to-face presentation

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

A person's religion being superior to that of another individual